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She snuck off and dated a boy behind my back. (That got her into a scary situation) She's hanging around kids and getting into trouble, got kicked out of the corner store, having attitude with adults. She's neglecting her chores and homework in favor of facebook and friends. And now the latest battles is clothes. Thank God her school has uniforms but outside of school I'm constantly telling her to change her clothes or add legging or an undershirt.

It comes down to the fact that I can't trust her. So I came up with a plan. I walk her to and from school. I accompany her to the park and rec center when she hangs out with her friends (her little brother and sister come too) When we leave she leaves too. I put a pass word on the computer and she's only allowed on after her homework and chores are done.

She wants to know how long this will go on. I told her until she can prove to me that she's responsible. So now I am officially the worst mother ever,lol.

Removing everything from her room...that's a thought,lol. She can't seem to keep it clean but then again she does share with her sister.

Quoting FromAtoZ:

My daughter, who is 13, would not be going to rec center for quite a while.

No computer at all, outside of school necessary work.

I'm a hard ass and I don't mess around. Just recently, every thing in her room, outside of her bed and dresser, was removed. She wants to be lazy and not take her responsibilities seriously, there are consequences.

I would be mortified if my daughter was disrespectful to adults and carried her attitude outside of this house. Thankfully she has not yet taken that step and if she does, it will be a step she will regret.

Removing everything from her room...that's a thought,lol. She can't seem to keep it clean but then again she does share with her sister.

Quoting FromAtoZ:

My daughter, who is 13, would not be going to rec center for quite a while.

No computer at all, outside of school necessary work.

I'm a hard ass and I don't mess around. Just recently, every thing in her room, outside of her bed and dresser, was removed. She wants to be lazy and not take her responsibilities seriously, there are consequences.

I would be mortified if my daughter was disrespectful to adults and carried her attitude outside of this house. Thankfully she has not yet taken that step and if she does, it will be a step she will regret.

You send your kids so they can eat there?

I did not remove every thing because she can't keep her room clean. lol Hell, none of my girls would have ever had any thing in their rooms. Although, I will say that I have removed quite a bit from their rooms when it comes to leaving dirty clothes, food and such around. That is not acceptable, at any time.

It certainly got her attention. She has no computer, she has no phone, no music, which is HUGE, nothing in her room. Well, she does have books she can read but what she wants to read is removed. No friends over and she goes no where. Well, let me back up a step. She has improved so she was allowed to go to her school's basketball game yesterday, which was directly after school. She had a time to be home. Had she missed it by a minute, she would have been back at square one.

Removing everything from her room...that's a thought,lol. She can't seem to keep it clean but then again she does share with her sister.

Quoting FromAtoZ:

My daughter, who is 13, would not be going to rec center for quite a while.

No computer at all, outside of school necessary work.

I'm a hard ass and I don't mess around. Just recently, every thing in her room, outside of her bed and dresser, was removed. She wants to be lazy and not take her responsibilities seriously, there are consequences.

I would be mortified if my daughter was disrespectful to adults and carried her attitude outside of this house. Thankfully she has not yet taken that step and if she does, it will be a step she will regret.

You send your kids so they can eat there?

I did not remove every thing because she can't keep her room clean. lol Hell, none of my girls would have ever had any thing in their rooms. Although, I will say that I have removed quite a bit from their rooms when it comes to leaving dirty clothes, food and such around. That is not acceptable, at any time.

It certainly got her attention. She has no computer, she has no phone, no music, which is HUGE, nothing in her room. Well, she does have books she can read but what she wants to read is removed. No friends over and she goes no where. Well, let me back up a step. She has improved so she was allowed to go to her school's basketball game yesterday, which was directly after school. She had a time to be home. Had she missed it by a minute, she would have been back at square one.

Yeah, they offer free snack for anyone under 18. It's nice.

And that's what I mean. Trash, dishes, food, dirty clothes. Those kinds of things are laying all over the place.

And hey, I like it! I haven't gone that far yet but it is definitely a possibility.

I think you are doing absolutely the right thing. I dont understand the moms who say their kid is sneaking around doing shit and they dont know what to do about it. Ummmm....you dont let them out of your sight for a while. Thats what. Be the worst mom ever . She will thank you some day.

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